Lead, Project Manager; ITPMO – Enterprise Productivity

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We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Project Manager to drive delivery of a large-scale, enterprise productivity initiative. This role will lead and coordinate complex, multi-year vendor relationships and enterprise vendor strategy across technology and business segments. This is a high-visibility role requiring strong program leadership, matrixed management, risk and dependency control, and executive-level communication. The Lead Project Manager will partner closely with Procurement, IT, Finance, Operating Model leaders, and external vendors to ensure consistent execution, governance, and outcomes across a highly distributed portfolio of work.

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Project Manager to drive delivery of a large-scale, enterprise productivity initiative. This role will lead and coordinate complex, multi-year vendor relationships and enterprise vendor strategy across technology and business segments.

This is a high-visibility role requiring strong program leadership, matrixed management, risk and dependency control, and executive-level communication. The Lead Project Manager will partner closely with Procurement, IT, Finance, Operating Model leaders, and external vendors to ensure consistent execution, governance, and outcomes across a highly distributed portfolio of work.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a large, multi-year productivity and labor optimization program.

• Establish and maintain integrated program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery rhythms across multiple teams and project managers.

• Serve as the central point of coordination to prevent siloed execution and ensure alignment across segments, vendors, and operating models.

• Drive clarity and structure in a dynamic environment where scope, schedule, and budget may continue to evolve.

• Manage program schedule, budget and any changes to scope.

• Deliver executive-level presentations that frame data-based challenges, opportunities, benefits realization, and progress towards the strategic roadmap.

• Facilitate technology implementation supported by a thorough understanding of portfolio, product, program, project and agile delivery models.

• Implement and operate a central project governance model, including escalation paths, decision frameworks, and issue resolution.

• Proactively identify scope, schedule, resource, financial, and change risks; develop mitigation strategies and surface trade-offs early to leadership.

• Ensure consistent application of project management standards, reporting, and controls across all teams.

• Track progress against productivity targets and key milestones, highlighting gaps and recommended corrective actions.

• Coordinate delivery activities tied to vendor strategies, including phased rollouts by segment.

• Partner with Procurement and Operations leaders to align transition plans with rate cards, MSAs, vendor consolidation strategies, and evolving operating models.

• Support complex vendor migrations, SOW conversions, and potential FTE conversions where applicable.

• Act as a trusted partner to executive sponsors and senior leaders, providing clear, concise updates on progress, risks, and decisions required.

• Develop and execute communication strategies that balance urgency with accuracy.

• Lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority in a highly matrixed environment.

• Coach and support team-level project managers to ensure strong execution and consistent practices.

• 10+ years of experience leading complex, enterprise-scale programs or portfolios, ideally within IT, workforce transformation, or large operational change initiatives.

• Proven success managing multi-workstream programs with significant scale, ambiguity, and executive visibility.

• Strong matrix leadership skills with the ability to influence across IT, Procurement, Finance, HR, and business leaders.

• Demonstrated expertise in program and project governance, risk management, dependency planning, and executive reporting.

• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to translate complexity into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.

• Experience supporting large vendor transitions, sourcing initiatives, or workforce/labor optimization programs.

• Experience working alongside consulting partners and external vendors.

• Work EST

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or equivalent program.

• Familiarity with operating model redesigns, agile or hybrid delivery models, and large IT portfolios.

• PMP, PgMP, or similar certification preferred but not required

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